Spring Performing Guide Arts 2026
This concert will take you on a musical journey through American traditions and the music that reflects the richness of 250 years of our country and its people. Wonderful and surprising arrangements of America the Beautiful by Frank La Rocco and the Star Spangled Banner by Paul Laprade, a premiere of Lacrimosa by Paul Carey, the well-known Alleluia by Randall Thompson, and an exciting Alleluia by Jake Runestad. The program will cover a variety of music genres representing our history from the Civil War to the present as we celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Please join us on this musical journey through American history.
April 19 • 4pm Trombone Treat (music of Schubert, Schumann, Higgins and Bernstein)
June 14 • 4pm Superb Stars (music of Suk, Bruch and Groesch)
Concordia University Chapel, River Forest
March 15 • 3pm Chamber Conversations (music of Handel, Mauldin, Mozart and Bach)
April 26 • 3pm Chamber Stars (music of Beethoven, Ravel, Haydn, Brahms and Bartok)
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 611 Randolph, Oak Park
Tickets at SymphonyOPRF.org; students through college admitted free of charge. TheSymphonyOPRF@gmail.com • 708-218-2648 SymphonyOPRF.org
AND THE MAN
APRIL 24-MAY 10
MADISON STREET THEATER
